Historical place archive

Guam in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Guam in Japan. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

2 records2 event labels2 people1944–1944

Historical events in Guam

1944

21 July 1944
Defense of Guam
Takeshi Takashina · World War, 2nd

Takashina commands Japanese forces on Guam as American troops land on the island.

11 August 1944
Death of Hideyoshi Obata
Hideyoshi Obata · World War, 2nd

Obata dies during the final destruction of organized Japanese resistance on Guam.

Provenance

About these place records

These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Japan and Guam. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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